Wire protector for nursing-bottles



E IK. WDLFE, wm; PROTECTOR Foa NURSING omEsn APPLICATION FILED APILS. 1918-` l S4-5,65%, n Patented-.1f my 192m @divi As may be seen more particularly in Fig. 5, I use another link 2O as a fastening member. This link is provided with a bend 21 and with a reverting portion 22, the latter A serving as a spring and being provided With an eye 28. The link 2O is provided with a loop 24, which loosely eneircles the adjacent portion of the spacing ring 16. TheV link 2O is further provided .with loops 25, 26 of somewhat larger diameter than the loop 211, the loops 25, 26 being connected together by `a Vbend 27. The loop 26 is provided with a spring portion 28 terminatingin la curved end port-ien 29, 4this latter portion being adapted to coact With the loop 24 so that the portion 29, by pressing upwardly against the spacing ring 15, holds theV spacing ring 16 ftightly in itslowermost position, as it rests upon'the spacing ring 15.

'Y The operation of my device is as follows:

The parts being assembled and arranged,

the lower or body portionis rested upon a table or upon the bottom of a heating vessel, or .upon other convenient member for the'bottomportion the operator grasps the loops- 25, 26, which collectively act as a thumb piece, and by swinging the link 2() laterally, so as to cause its lower end to Y'travel a short distance along the `spacing ring 15, causes the disengagement of the Y upper andlower members of the bottle protector. It will be noted that, with the parts in position, as indicated in Fig. 1, the nursing bottle is spring mounted and when subjected to anyreasonable shock or jar is not `easily broken thereby. It will also be noted that if the bottle and its accompanying parts be subjected tothe actionof heat, as for in- `stancein a heating vessel used for the purpose, the heat is distributed more or less uniformly and the bottle is not likely to be cracked in consequence.

I claim:

1. I n a wire protector for nursing bottles the combination of a pair of wire cage inenibers fitted together in order to inc-lose a` bottle, one ol said Wire cage members having a ring, spring wire each bent partially around said ring, each of said separate pieces of spring wire being provided with a portion extending inwardly from said ring and terminating abruptly, said portion being at its end bent into an eye, and so disposed -that tlie edge of said eye presses directly against the adjacent surface of the bottle.

2. In a Wire protector for nursing bottles, the combination of a Waist ring made of' sheet metal and provided internally with radially disposed slots, a base ring disposed adjacent said waist ring and a plurality of ivire ribs each provided with means for connecting it to said base ring and provided with a V-bend for engaging said Waist iing vand for extending through a slot thereof.

3. In a protector for nursing bottles, a body member provided with an open end portion carrying a ring, a top member detachably engaging said body portion and carrying a ring mating said yring of said body member, and a fastening member carried by said top member for the purpose of Vsecuring said top member and said body nember together, said fastening member being formed of stiff spring wire and provided With a poition loosely encircling the ring carried by said top member, so as to allor said fastening member to swing slightly along the adjacent portion of said last mentioned ring, said fastening member being further provided with a loop encircling said last mentioned ring and with a portion for detacliably engaging the adjacent portion of said ring carried by said bod member.

EVERETT WOLFE-- and a number of separate pieces of 

